User Guide

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Turn the call screening on or off
Use this feature to choose whether incoming messages can be
heard over the speaker when they are being recorded. If you
turn call screening on, you hear the incoming message. While
monitoring an incoming message, you can answer the call by
pressing
HOME/FLASH
on the handset, or HOME on the
telephone base.
To change the setting:
Using a cordless handset:
1. When the telephone is in idle mode, press MENU to enter
the main menu.
2. Press q CID or p to scroll to Answering sys, then press
SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p to scroll to Ans sys setup, then press
SELECT.
4. Press SELECT to select Call screening.
5. Press q CID or p to choose On or Off, then press
SELECT.
6. Press SELECT to save the setting. You hear a confirmation
tone.
Using the telephone base:
1. When the telephone is in idle mode, press MENU to enter
the main menu.
2. Press SELECT to select Answering sys.
3. Press q CID or p to scroll to Ans sys setup, then press
SELECT.
4. Press SELECT to select Call screening.
5. Press q CID or p to choose On or Off, then press
SELECT.
6. Press SELECT to save the setting. You hear a confirmation
tone.
N OTE
• For more information on call screening, see Call screening.
Turn the message alert tone on or off
When the message alert tone is set to On, and there is at
least one new message, the telephone base beeps every ten
seconds. Unless you change it, the message alert tone is set to
off.
There is no audible alert at the handset.
To change the setting:
Using a cordless handset:
1. When the telephone is in idle mode, press MENU to enter
the main menu.
2. Press q CID or p to scroll to Answering sys, then press
SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p to scroll to Ans sys setup, then press
SELECT.
4. Press q CID or p to scroll to Msg alert tone, then press
SELECT.
5. Press q CID or p to choose On or Off.
6. Press SELECT to save the setting. You hear a confirmation
tone.
Using the telephone base:
1. When the telephone is in idle mode, press MENU to enter
the main menu.
2. Press SELECT to select Answering sys.
3. Press q CID or p to scroll to Ans sys setup, then press
SELECT.
4. Press q CID or p to scroll to Msg alert tone, then press
SELECT.
5. Press q CID or p to choose On or Off.
6. Press SELECT to save the setting. You hear a confirmation
tone.
N OTES
• The message alert tone beeps only if all the following conditions
are met:
- Answering system is on.
- Message alert tone setting is on.
- There are new messages.
• Press any key on the telephone base (except FIND HS) to
temporarily silence the message alert tone.